The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1887-07-28

LeMars people are in dead earnest
in there efforts to secure additional
railway connections with Canton and
other Dakota points. Theil plan is to
reorganize the Calliope, Burlington and
Northern directorship-should the
Central plans fail-and push on to
Canton should cur citizens evince a
willingness to cooperate and aid in a
financial way. Two hundred citizens,
representing nine-tenths Of the tax
payers, have signed the following con-
tract:
We, the undersigned, residents and
property owners of Plymouth county,
Iowa, do hereby jointly and seyerally
agree with the Illinois Central railroad
company, or such other railroad com.
pany as may be designated, or hereaf-
ter be agreed upon: That in cons-
deration of the building during the
year 1887 of railroad from point at
or within one-half mile of the depot
grounds in LeMars, Ia, north or north
westerly to Sioux Falls, Oak, will by
all legal means in our power endeavOr
to have voted and paid to the RAIL
ROAD COMPANY BUILDING TIE ROAD,
a TAX OF FIVE PER CENTUM, which
shall amount to FIFTY THOUSAND
DOLLARS, in Plymouth county, free of
expense TO them upon conditions as
follows: A tax in America township,
payable when the line is located, grad
ed, bridged, tied and ironed, from
depot in the city of LeMars to the
north or west line Of America town.
ship; and the taxes in Preston, Grant
and other townships when the road is
fully ironed from LeNIars through said
townships as they may locate, or to a
depot located, as may beagreed,
in said townships. And, further,
to aid in securing right of way and
depot grounds at a fair valuation per
acre for amount of land needed.
TO vote for said tax and use our
best efforts to have all others vote for
the same.
10 pay our taxes if voted. TO try
to get all other residents to pay theirs.
TO in no way help or cOuntenance any
resistance to the payment of the tax.
TO pay the amount of tax if voted,
although the same should be declared
illegal and not collectable, and endeav-
to get all other property owners to
do the same.
To try to obtain for said railroad
company the right of way and depot
grounds at a fair and reasonable value
for the amount of land required, not
exceeding the value of ad joining farms,
to be paid for by the railroad COM
pany.
TO transfer to said Illinois Central
or other company without cost, all
right to any stock in said company or
other stock given by provisions of any
Iowa statute.
We make the foregoing agreement
in good faith with the single view of
having said road built during the COM
ing fall, and will by every means in
our power do all we can to aid and
assist said company while building
said railroad. Provided, that when
the Illinois Central railroad company
build their line from LeMars to Yank-
ton, they form junction with the
Sioux Falls line somewhere in Ply
mouth county, and run trains Oh both
lines into LeMars, unless the Illinois
Central railroad company elect to build
an Independent line from LeMars, to
YanktOn.
Special elections have already been
called in Plymouth county, and as
soon as practicable the matter will be
attended to in Canton. Meanwhile it
would be we'll enough to invite Le-
Mars delegation over so that all points
may be explained and the two towns
placed on cooperative plane.